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Departure
Rotate the moment the speed tape reaches 164 kt, not after it.
What happened: Rotation was held until 181 kt, 17 kt past the 164 kt rotation target. Carrying that much extra speed into rotation usually adds unwanted energy right at liftoff.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the 164 kt rotation target.
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Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 3.5 ft, 7.7 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 6,333 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,333 ft of the 10,425 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,577 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 777-300ER taxied from the parking area to runway 33L at OKKK Kuwait International, a movement that required 11 minutes and covered 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 33L the aircraft used 9,020 ft, representing 81 % of the runway, and lifted off at 182 kt; ambient conditions were 110 °F with a wind of 6 kt from 039°, including a 5 kt crosswind and a 2 kt headwind.
The initial en-route climb began 1 nm south of Al Farwaniyah, rising from 1,119 ft asl to 34,995 ft asl, an altitude gain of 33,876 ft achieved in 19 minutes while covering 135 nm.
Level cruise commenced 7 nm east of OIBQ Khark Airport and continued for 176 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 1,582 nm.
A subsequent climb segment started 4 nm south-west of Bilgram, increasing altitude from 35,000 ft asl to 36,988 ft asl, a gain of 1,988 ft in 3 minutes over a distance of 29 nm.
The next cruise phase began 1 nm north-west of Auras and lasted 50 minutes, during which 444 nm were traversed.
Descent began overhead Nawabganj, with the aircraft descending from 36,999 ft asl to 1,226 ft asl, a loss of 35,773 ft in 21 minutes while covering 127 nm.
On final approach to runway 14 at VGHS Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport the aircraft descended from 1,225 ft agl to 98 ft agl in 92 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 14 was executed with a threshold speed slightly above target at 152 kt; touchdown occurred 248 ft beyond the touchdown zone at 146 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 179 fpm and very good alignment, while local weather reported 84 °F, wind 2 kt from 100°, a 1 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind. The total landing distance was 6,105 ft, representing 59 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was recorded as perfect.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total the flight covered 2,328 nm, lasted 285 minutes, and consumed 84,569 lb of fuel.
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